In a significant development, the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated, it will be funding a $1 million research project to identify how COVID-19 could potentially enter the nation’s beef supply chain, starting from cattle in farms to packages of meat… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
BlackRock and Vanguard add new ETFs with soaring demand for ESG equity products
In a significant development, some of the world’s biggest asset managers, including BlackRock Inc and Vanguard Group Inc have introduced new exchange-traded funds that exclude fossil fuel companies including coal, oil and companies from other industries, after a number of… Read More ›
Debt pile of China’s Evergrande Group poses systemic risk to China’s social and economic fabric
Over burdened with a pile of debt, China’s second biggest property developer, Evergrande Group, is desperate for government support for a restructuring plan that has been waiting for four years, and has warned that it faces a cash crunch that… Read More ›
Ascertaining Supply Chain Deforestation: Unilever Using Geolocation Data And Satellite Imagery
In order to understand exactly form where it’s the raw material for its products, which range from ice creams to deodorant, come from, Unilever is making use of a combination of advanced satellite imagery and geolocation data. According to Marc… Read More ›
Record $920 Million Fine Over Money Laundering Scandal Slapped On Australian Bank Westpac
A record-breaking penalty of almost $1 billion will be paid by Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks. The charge against the bank is that if has systematically allowed money laundering on its watch. An agreement for a 1.3 billion Australian… Read More ›
World Bank’s International Finance Corporation adopts climate change specific financing, aims to reduce financing for coal to zero by 2030
In a significant development, the World Bank’s private-sector arm has introduced new climate change specific conditions, which encourages commercial banks and other financial lenders to wind down support for coal projects in Asia and Africa. The International Finance Corporation (IFC),… Read More ›
Chinese state investors want to privatize BMW’s Chinese JV partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd
Chinese state-backed investors are weighing options, which includes taking BMW’s main Chinese joint-venture partner Brilliance private, said five sources with knowledge of the matter at hand. The development is the latest in such deals aimed at uplifting down-beaten Hong Kong-listed… Read More ›
United Airlines will avail U.S. Treasury loans: CEO
During a news conference on Capitol Hill, Scott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines stated, the airlines intends to avail U.S. Treasury loans, which have been available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Speaking to the… Read More ›
U.S.-China Bilateral Tensions Force Investments To Fall To Nine Year-Low
A research report shows that in the first half of the current year, investment between the United States and China have dropped to a nine-year low because of the bilateral tensions between the two countries with possibility of more Chinese… Read More ›
There Is Solid Basis For Agreeing To Global Digital Tax, Says OECD
According to the head of tax at the OECD, there is now a “solid basis” for the global talks on updating international tax rules for the digital age and the situation is good enough to wrap up the negotiation by… Read More ›